Torch around China - Zhengzhou (Jul.25) 七月 14, 2008
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Situated in the Central Plains, Zhengzhou rests on Mount Songshan in the west, borders on the Yellow River in the north, and connects the Huang Huai Plains in the east and south. It is one of the oldest central cities in China, a hub of communications directly accessing 10 provinces, and a strategic place throughout the various dynasties. In modern history Zhengzhou was the source of the great February 7 Strike launched by the railway workers along the Beijing-Hankou line ,adding a glorious chapter to the history that could move people to song and tears. Today’s Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan Province, has jurisdiction over 6 districts, 5 county-level cities and 1 county, covers a total area of 7446.2 square kilometers and presently owns a total population of 6.977 million. The city proper of Zhengzhou has an area of 1062 square kilometers (of which, 137 square kilometers belongs to the developed urban area), a population of 3.22 million, and two national development zones.
Zhengzhou has also taken great pride in being a major central city along the Long Hai and Jing Guang railways, a key national hub of communications, a famous commercial city, a National Famous Historical and Cultural City, a Top Tourist City of China, a National Model City for Cleanliness and Tidiness, a National Model City for Supporting Military Work, a Model City in the Campaign of Building National Civilized Cities, and some other honorary titles.
As one of the central experimental cities for commercial and trade reforms listed by the State Council, Zhengzhou has earned a nationwide reputation for its developed commerce and trade. It possesses a large number of high-grade and multi-functional large commercial and trading facilities and distribution markets attracting businesses from the various parts of the country, 30 of them have annual business volume of above 100 million yuan; each year more than a hundred international, national, regional and specialized fairs, talks and other major business events are held in this city; and over 10,000 domestic and overseas business organizations have established offices or operating facilities here.
Along with the going of the new century, Zhengzhou has been tightly grasping the significant opportunities related to China’s entry into WTO, the great development of the west and the approval by the state of the Overall Plan of Zhengzhou Municipality for Building the Regional Central Municipality, and worked out its strategic objectives for the national economy and social development for the “Tenth Five-year Plan” Period: Till 2005, the GDP will exceed 100 billion yuan, and till 2010, increase 1.5 times the GDP for 2000; the comprehensive economic strength, the level of urbanization, the radiating capacity of the city and the people’s living standard will scale a new high, the people’s comfortably-off life get more ample, the socialist market economy system get relatively complete, and a solid foundation be laid for the city to first basically realize the modernization in Henan Province.
In the light of the objectives for the “Tenth Five-year Plan” Period, the Zhengdong New Area will be built with a high starting point and high grade so as to expand the city’s overall frame. The planned area for the Zhengdong New Area starts in the west from the National Highway No. 107, reaches in the east the Jing Zhu freeway planned to be built; starts in the north the Lian Huo freeway, reaches the fast highway to the airport. The Area covers a total area of about 150 square kilometers and is expected to have a population of 1.5 million. A number of advanced concepts such as “Co-growth City”, “Metabolistic City” and “Ring-shaped City” are incorporated in the designing and building process. Meanwhile, the principles of paying equal attention to the transformation of the old town and the development of the new town, coordinated development, common growth and common prosperity, always stressing the needs of the people, and planning goes first, will be observed in improving the appearances of the old town and heightening the quality of the living environment, the final goal will be building Zhengzhou step by step into a modernized socialist commercial and trade city with the characteristics of the Central Plains culture and a regional central city in the country.
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